Insurance Expert Witnesses in California

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Insurance expert witnesses specialize in a variety of fields, including property insurance, life insurance, health insurance, auto insurance, and business liability insurance. Some of the most common specialties among these experts also include workers' compensation insurance, marine insurance, reinsurance, underwriting, and claims handling. They have provided opinions on the effects of policy interpretation, claim disputes, bad faith claims, risk management, and premium calculation.

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Lawrence Deutsch, EA, FSPAView profile

ID: 6935437

Mr. Lawrence Deutsch, EA, FSPA

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Mr. Lawrence Deutsch has 36 years of experience in Insurance with expertise in Actuarial Science and Pension. He earned his BA in Mathematics from the University of California, Irvine. Today, this expert is an Enrolled Actuary through the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. Formerly, this expert served as the Chief Actuary at Century Pension Consultants, as an Actuarial Analyst at...

Title Insurance and Real Estate Expert WitnessView profile

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Title Insurance and Real Estate Expert Witness

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This title insurance expert spent nearly a decade as a title searcher, title examiner, and title officer before pursuing a 20 year career as an underwriting counsel. He has a keen understanding of how title insurers evaluate risk and interpret their policies. He has represented numerous clients in title insurance claims. A former vice chair of the Title Insurance and Surveys Committee of the...

Andrew RoperView profile

ID: 28372

Dr. Andrew Roper

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California

This highly-qualified expert has over 15 years of experience in the field of economics and finance. He received his BA in economics from Washington and Lee University before earning his MA in economics at University of California Davis. He then earned his PhD in finance from Duke University. He is active in his field as an author of several publications and a speaker at multiple conferences. He...

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Risk Management & Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Risk Management & Insurance Expert Witness

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This expert has 39 years experience in the insurance and risk management industry. He consults for businesses and attorneys, and serves as an insurance expert witness or risk management expert witness when needed. In risk management, he has extensive claims consulting, auditing, and loss control experience. He has a focus in Casualty Insurance Lines Including General Liability insurance and...

Steve BurgessView profile

ID: 151885

Mr. Steve Burgess

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California

This expert has more than 20 years of life insurance industry experience as sales manager, regional director & entrepreneur incorporating a full-service life insurance brokerage firm. He is one of only 22 Life & Disability Analysts in California, and has personally recovered over $35M+ in death claims. He is an approved insurance instructor and is intimately familiar with advanced insurance sales...

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Insurance &  Bad Faith Expert WitnessView profile

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Insurance & Bad Faith Expert Witness

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This insurance expert has been working in the industry since 1974. He earned his BS from California State University, Fresno and is a licensed chartered property casualty underwriter and a casualty claim law associate. He previously held positions at Devonshire Group, West Coast Casualty Service, American States Insurance Company, and AIM Insurance Company, among others. He has served as an...

Clancy Marie JohannsenView profile

ID: 11743

Ms. Clancy Marie Johannsen

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California

This expert in healthcare insurance brokerage has been active in her field for nearly 20 years. She earned her BA from Mount Saint Mary's College, and is designated as a management liability insurance specialist. She is also a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Previously, she served as an account manager for general liability at CRC of Los Angeles. She also served as a...

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Marine Insurance & Claims Expert WitnessView profile

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Marine Insurance & Claims Expert Witness

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This highly experienced marine insurance and claims consultant began his career as a Merchant Navy Deck Officer. He went on to become a Claims Executive and eventually earned his M.A. in Maritime Policy from Greenwich University. The expert spent 12 years with CP SHIPS, where he was the Vice President of Insurance & Claims and reported to the CFO of the 80-ship company. He was a delegate to the...

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Allyn HeckView profile

ID: 14434

Mr. Allyn Heck

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California

This qualified healthcare and risk management expert has over 20 years of experience in his field. He earned his BS in math education from California Polytechnic State University and is licensed in life accident & health by the state of California and is a certified self-funding specialist as a member of the Health Care Administrators Association. Formerly, he served as a large group underwriter...

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Property & Casualty Insurance Claims Expert WitnessView profile

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Property & Casualty Insurance Claims Expert Witness

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This expert has over 50 years of experience in the field of insurance claims. He has experience working in in claim handling custom and practice, claim adjusting, coverage interpretation, and SIU practices. He is certified as a Casualty Claims Law Associate, Legal Principals Coverage Specialist, and a Registered Professional Adjuster, among others. He is active as a member of the Claims and...

Lydia NgView profile

ID: 20119

Ms. Lydia Ng

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California

This expert earned her BA in business management from San Jose State University. She formally worked as a cost accountant and AMD and a personal financial representative for Allstate Financial Services. She has held her position as an insurance broker at a nationwide insurance company for almost 30 years.

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Healthcare and Health Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Healthcare and Health Insurance Expert Witness

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This expert has over 30 years of experience with healthcare and health insurance. She gained her PhD in sociology and health policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz and directed research at the Institute of Health and Aging at UC San Francisco before leading the White House's Health Care Reform Task Force. Since, she has continued to contribute to the private and public sectors,...

Elisabeth HonkaView profile

ID: 25923

Prof. Elisabeth Honka

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California

This highly qualified expert has over a decade of experience in consumer research and empirical industrial organization across a variety of sectors, including financial services and banking. She obtained her MS in economics from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, before receiving both her MBA and PhD in marketing from the University of Chicago. Today, this expert is an active member of...

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Risk Management and Insurance Litigation Consulting Expert WitnessView profile

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Risk Management and Insurance Litigation Consulting Expert Witness

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This expert has over 40 years of experience in the field of insurance. He earned his BA at the University of Iowa, and his MSA at Pepperdine University. He is certified as an Associate in Risk Management and as a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter. He is active in his field as a member of several professional societies, including the American Association of Insurance Management, and has...

John M Beringer, JrView profile

ID: 27251

Mr. John M Beringer, Jr

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California

This expert has over 35 years of experience in the field of insurance, specializing in claims management, captives, captive management, attorney fees, and municipality management. He is a certified legal principle claim specialist and a member of several professional associations, such as the Council on Litigation Management and the American Institute of Insurance Studies. Throughout his career,...

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Life Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Life Insurance Expert Witness

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This expert has over 25 years of experience in the life insurance industry in southern California and is familiar with post-claims underwriting issues. He earned his BA in psychology from California State University Northridge. He is a certified insurance counselor and fund specialist, and is an associate in both insurance services and personal insurance. He specializes in life, home, and...

Richard TashView profile

ID: 27298

Mr. Richard Tash

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This qualified healthcare actuary has over 20 years of experience in his field. He earned his BS in mathematics and statistics as well as his MS in applied statistics at the University of California, Riverside. He is a member of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of Actuaries. Formerly, he served as an actuarial assistant at TPF&C, as an actuarial analyst at AMEX Life Assurance...

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Energy, Climate, and Environmental Insurance Expert WitnessView profile

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Energy, Climate, and Environmental Insurance Expert Witness

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This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in energy, climate, and environmental insurance. He earned his MBA from the University of Southern California and his LLM from the University of Cambridge. This expert is licensed in Surplus Lines insurance and is a fellow of the Risk Management Society. He has formerly served as an insurance broker for Lloyd's and in several management...

Courtney ClaflinView profile

ID: 28223

Mr. Courtney Claflin

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California

This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in captive insurance and consulting. After earning his BA in business from Gustavus Adolphus College, he went on to begin his career as a senior marketing representative at Federated Insurance. He then moved to risk management and insurance as the vice president of alternative risk at RJF Agencies, Inc. This expert currently serves as...

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Actuary and Pension Plans Expert WitnessView profile

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Actuary and Pension Plans Expert Witness

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California

This experienced actuary has over 40 years of experience in his field. His work throughout his career has involved actuarial services, pension plans, ERISA, government audits, marital dissolution, estate tax and life expectancy calculations, loss of income, death, disability, executive deferred compensation plans, and insurance and annuity contracts. He earned a BA in mathematics from Rutgers...

Jock MawsonView profile

ID: 45993

Mr. Jock Mawson

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California

This highly experienced marine insurance and claims consultant began his career as a Merchant Navy Deck Officer. He went on to become a Claims Executive and eventually earned his M.A. in Maritime Policy from Greenwich University. The expert spent 12 years with CP SHIPS, where he was the Vice President of Insurance & Claims and reported to the CFO of the 80-ship company. He was a delegate for the...

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The Average Insurance Expert Witness
Charges $417 / Hour

Based on hourly rates. Compare expert witness rates across thousands of specialties in all 50 states.

  • Review Fee

    $375

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Deposition Fee

    $450

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Court Fee

    $425

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

Insurance Expert Witness FAQs

An insurance expert witness provides specialized knowledge about insurance policies, claims, and industry standards. They can help clarify complex issues, provide testimony, and assist in case preparation.

Cases involving disputes over coverage, claim denials, bad faith claims, underwriting issues, or allegations of insurance fraud often benefit from the insights of an insurance expert witness.

Yes, there are expert witnesses who specialize in various types of insurance such as health, life, auto, property, liability, and more. Their expertise can be invaluable in relevant cases.

An expert can review policy details and claim handling procedures to determine if the insurer acted reasonably. They can also testify on standard industry practices.

Look for individuals with extensive experience in the insurance industry. Certifications like Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) or Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) can also be beneficial.

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